Our final winery visit for 2017 took us to Bent Creek in the McLaren Vale wine region where host and co-owner Sam Rugari took us through a full tasting of their extensive portfolio. During the BBQ lunch which followed, Sam poured generous tastings of their Reserve Shiraz and barrel samples of the next Black Dog.

The Flagstaff Hill Golf Club proved to be an excellent venue in all respects for our Annual General Meeting. Guest speaker was Mr John Weeks, author of "The Wine Prospector" - tales of his life as a roving winemaker. John proved to be an amusing and interesting speaker and sold many copies of his book.

A cool winter's day saw us visit Paulett Wines at Polish Hill River where Neil Paulett hosted a tasting of past, present and future Riesling wines. This was followed by lunch in the winery's on-site restaurant.

The Wine Guild organises a technical/educational function each year and this time it was our first ever Blind Tasting. Held at the North Adelaide Primary School it was a challenging and fun day for all.

Our Christmas Lunch for 2016 was held on a very hot December day at the Adelaide Inn on O'Connell Street, North Adelaide. Games included "Heads & Tails" and "Krap Kringle", which provided a welcome distraction from th heat!

The Annual General Meeting for 2016 wsa held at The Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron with guest speaker Mr Robert Crabtree.All Committee members stood for re-elaction with no other members nominating.

Eric Semmler from 919 Wines visited us at North Adelaide Primary School. He presented an array of impressive wines which we matched with nibbles such as nuts, cheese, chocolate and salami to highlight the wines' characteristics.